Join us for a webinar to kick off our 125th Anniversary of BCA. In celebration of this momentous occasion, the Bon Odori Taiko Sub-Committee has been working with Bonbu Stories - Bonbu Stories is an Asian American arts collaborative dedicated to using music as a medium for raw storytelling and building connections - to create a new Bon Odori for 2024!
DATE: Saturday October 7th
TIME: 11:00 AM Pacific
LOCATION: Zoom (link will be emailed ahead of time)
*This event will be recorded.
More Information About Bonbu Stories:
Bonbu Stories is an Asian American arts collaborative dedicated to using music as a medium for raw storytelling and building connections. Miharu Okamura, Sydney Shiroyama, Miko Shudo, Kendall Tani, Emily Imazumi (Yoshihara), and Vicky Zhang formed Bonbu Stories under the mentorship of PJ Hirabayashi (TaikoPeace), and Chris and Dan Kubo after being asked to create a musical collaboration piece that addresses mental health. Drawing from our individual identities and shared Asian American culture, we strive to share the beautifully raw, honest, broken, emotional, and whole experiences and stories of us as “bonbus”.
The six members of Bonbu Stories have many places we call home, but as a group, our collective "furusato" (hometown) is at the residence of Chris and Dan Kubo in Cortez, California. Four Bonbu Stories members grew up in the BCA community: Emily Imazumi at the Orange County Buddhist Temple, Sydney Shiroyama at Palo Alto Buddhist Temple, Miharu Okamura at the Oakland Buddhist Temple, and Miko Shudo at Oxnard Buddhist Temple.
